2 Kings 18:13-18
New English Translation
Sennacherib Invades Judah
13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. 14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty.[a] If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.”[b] So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay 300 talents[c] of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver in[d] the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace. 16 At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the Lord’s temple and from the posts that he had plated[e] and gave them to the king of Assyria.
17 The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser[f] from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went[g] and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.[h] 18 They summoned the king, so Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna, the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet them.
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- 2 Kings 18:14 tn Or “I have done wrong.”
- 2 Kings 18:14 tn Heb “Return from upon me; what you place upon me, I will carry.”
- 2 Kings 18:14 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 22,500 pounds of silver and 2,250 pounds of gold.
- 2 Kings 18:15 tn Heb “that was found.”
- 2 Kings 18:16 tn Heb “At that time Hezekiah stripped the doors of the Lord’s temple, and the posts which Hezekiah king of Judah had plated.”
- 2 Kings 18:17 sn For a discussion of these titles see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.
- 2 Kings 18:17 tn Heb “and they went up and came.”
- 2 Kings 18:17 tn Heb “the field of the fuller.”
2 Kings 18:13-18
International Standard Version
13 During the fourteenth year of the reign of[a] King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria approached all of the walled cities of Judah and seized them. 14 So Hezekiah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: “I have offended you. Withdraw from me, and I’ll accept whatever tribute you impose.” So the king of Assyria required Hezekiah to pay him 300 talents[b] of silver and 30 talents[c] of gold. 15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver that could be removed from the Lord’s Temple and from the treasuries in the king’s palace. 16 At that time, Hezekiah removed the doors to the Lord’s Temple and the doorposts that he had overlaid with gold,[d] and gave the gold[e] to the king of Assyria.
Assyria’s King Taunts Hezekiah(A)
17 Sometime later, the king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rab-saris, and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, accompanied with a large army. 18 When they called for the king, Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who managed the household, Shebnah the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder went out to them.
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- 2 Kings 18:13 The Heb. lacks the reign of
- 2 Kings 18:14 I.e. about 11,500 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
- 2 Kings 18:14 I.e. about 1,150 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
- 2 Kings 18:16 The Heb. lacks with gold
- 2 Kings 18:16 Lit. gave it
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